All Posts by Richard Devine

£4.99/€5.99/$6.99 gets you one fine looking, action packed game
Having been first announced for mobile back at E3 2013, Square Enix has today made Deus Ex: The Fall available for Android devices through the Google Play Store. This latest title to bare the Deus Ex name is the first for mobile and has been designed from the ground up for the touchscreen environment while still offering a premium...

Grab a High Street bought Nexus 5 for just £298
A quick heads up for anyone in the UK thinking about picking up a Nexus 5 any time soon; Carphone Warehouse is currently matching Google pricing. OK, so it's only on the 16GB version, but for £298 – actually a whole £1 less than Google! – you'll be able to get one with free shipping or to collect in your local store.
There's bound to be some...

A quick heads up for any Sonos owners that might have taken an interest in the brand new Beats Music service; you'll be able to fill your whole house with as much of it as you can handle. Sonos already offers support for most of the leading music services out there, so we didn't for one minute expect Beats Music to be left out. Beats Music should be showing up in your Sonos Controller app – link...

Google's latest addition to its Explorer Story's is this, the tale of firefighter Patrick Jackson from North Carolina. Patrick is also a Google Glass Explorer, and he's taken to developing for it, with an eye to helping out his fellow firefighters out in the field.
Check it out. It's a long way from becoming a widespread reality, but as far as uses for Glass goes, this has to rank as one of the...

Pretty average it may be, but it does come in gold
Huawei has introduced its latest Android tablet, the awkwardly named MediaPad 7 Youth2. And, while it does come in everyone's new favorite color, gold, it's a distinctly average looking tablet.
Despite the name, there isn't anything obviously youth-oriented about the tablet. It packs a mediocre sounding 1024x600 resolution display over a 1....

$9.99 a month for regular subscriptions, or $14.99 family plans if you're on AT&T
We've been hearing of Beats Music for some time now, and today the new music streaming service finally launches to the world. Well, launches to the world so long as you're in the U.S. With the weight of Jimmy Iovine and Trent Reznor behind it, Beats Music is well poised to make waves in the space, and...

Here's how to rectify one of the most annoying things about moving over from an iPhone
If you've joined the world of Android from using an iPhone – welcome, by the way! – you might be finding yourself in a position of epic frustration when it comes to getting your text messages. The problem materializes when iMessage tries to intercept your messages from your still iPhone using friends, and...

SK Telecom plans to hit hyper-speed with its new LTE-Advanced network
While LTE in the States or Europe is pretty fast, it still pales in comparison to the kind of data speeds Korean mobile users get to experience. The gulf is set to get even wider with SK Telecom, Koreas largest carrier, announcing plans to introduce an astonishingly fast 225Mbps LTE-Advanced network later this year.
Current...

Motorola's budget wonder to start at AU$249 for the 8GB model
Motorola's Moto G has caused some serious waves since its introduction in late 2013, and now it seems finally our friends down under in Australia are set to get their hands on it, too. According to the folks at Ausdroid, the Moto G will go on sale on Tuesday January 21, with an RRP of AU$249 for the 8GB model. The Australian model...

Limited release sees a range of partner tennis rackets at launch
Announced during CES 2014 in Las Vegas, Sony's Smart Tennis Sensor has already been given an official launch date. As of late May, Japanese tennis fans will be able to purchase the device, which comes with a companion app for Android and iOS, and will cost the equivalent of $175. At launch, support will be limited to six Yonex...

Samsung may also take a stake in the French music streaming service
Deezer isn't yet available in the U.S, but the French music streaming company has big plans for expansion which now may include entering in to a deal with Samsung. According to a report in France courtesy of Reuters, the two companies are exploring a "commercial and industrial agreement" that could also see Samsung claim a...

A new device bound for Barcelona next month?
Sony's CES press conference came and went without anything truly new introduced to the gathered media. Both devices announced in Las Vegas already exist in some form, but what we're seeing here might be a first look at the first properly new device for 2014. Several images have appeared of a device labelled as D6503, and at first glance looks like a...

Get all the music you want for just £1 a month in limited time offer
If you're currently not invested in a music streaming service, then Sony Europe wants to make a play for your business. If you sign up to its Music Unlimited service before January 31, you'll be able to enjoy three months of all the tunes you can handle for just £3.
The beauty to Music Unlimited over some of the competing...

Latest software update also brings Sense 5.0 along for the ride
We knew earlier in the week that AT&T's HTC One X+ was due a software update, and now it seems to be hitting devices. Software version 2.15.502.1 brings with it namely Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Sense 5.0. Sure, this might be the end of the road for the One X+ in terms of major updates, but it's a solid update to get for a...

Limited offer to celebrate being voted number 1 in customer satisfaction over Christmas
Amazon UK was voted number 1 for customer satisfaction over the Christmas period, and to celebrate, any of the Kindle Fire range can be had for £25 off list price. The offer only runs until January 20, and the discount will be applied at checkout with the use of the code "MAYDAY25."
That brings the price of...

You've got until January 31 to take advantage of this latest deal
AT&T is offering a great deal right now on a pair of fine Android smartphones. Right now, and until January 31, both the LG G2 and the Moto X can be had for no-money down on a new, two-year contract. And that's about all there is to it. You'll be saving $100 up front on either phone, and honestly you can't go far wrong with...

Huge figure includes late write-down of raw materials, executives taking salary cuts
The tough times at Acer continue, with todays announcement of preliminary figures for the Q4 2013 period. Top line numbers include a $274.39 million operating loss, which includes $44 million in raw materials being written-off. As if this isn't enough of an indicator of the tough times the Taiwanese...

Will we see Arsene Wenger using an Ascend Mate 2 pitchside during games?
Football isn't perhaps not the first thing you think of when you think of Huawei, but for fans of English Premier League side, Arsenal, that may soon become the case. The English giants and the Chinese vendor have come together in a partnership that sees Huawei become the official smartphone partner of the club.
Beyond...

Microsoft has finally made Xbox Music a more viable option for Android users, with offline access finally added in todays update. While the folks up at Redmond said from the word go offline music would always become a feature, eventually, it's taken four months to get it.
Offline music access is a big deal to folks on strict data plans, and as such the necessity to stream everything may have...

Right at the beginning of the CES 2014 week, in the wee small hours of the morning – at least, the Las Vegas morning, anyway – Google announced the Open Automotive Alliance. One of the early partners in the project, Audi, is on the show floor in Las Vegas with a bunch of cool new stuff, including this; the Smart Display.
In simple terms, we've got a 10.2-inch Android 4.3 tablet running on a...